SHOSHONE COUNTY BIRD CHECKLIST
AND
SHOSHONE COUNTY 2009 BIG
YEAR
compiled by Lisa
Hardy
The Shoshone County
checklist stands at 212 species. In 2005, 157 species were detected, or 77% of
the total species ever recorded. Shoshone is primarily a landscape of forested
mountains traversed by two rivers, the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe. Aside from a
handful of small, high elevation cirque lakes, still water is rare, and most of
the waterbird records come from the manmade ponds of the sewage treatment
facility at Page. The river valleys are minor migration corridors, and a few
unexpected species turn up every spring and fall.
If you have a species to
add, or can beat any of the dates posted so far, call Lisa at 682-4808, or
email at basalt@earthlink.net.
OCCURRENCE CATEGORIES
( c ) COMMON: Found every
year, often seasonal, in many areas, in high to moderate numbers and some
searching in appropriate areas may be required (67)
( u ) UNCOMMON: Found every
year, often seasonal, in limited areas, in small numbers, and may require repeated
search attempts in more specific areas (69)
( s ) SCARCE: Found most
years, but difficult. Either very specialized and local in distribution;
difficult to distinguish from similar, more common species; or only passes
through briefly on migration (35)
( r ) RARE: Not seen every
year, mostly irregular, some periodic (28)
( # ) ACCIDENTAL: Just a few
total sightings with a low expectation of being found in the future. (13)
Total sees 128 as of August 1, 2009
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SPECIES 2009 |
STATUS |
DATE |
LOCATION |
OBSERVER |
record |
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1 |
Snow Goose |
r |
|
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2 |
Canada Goose |
c |
27-Feb |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
29 |
|
|
3 |
Tundra Swan |
s |
24-Mar |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
33 |
|
4 |
Wood Duck |
c |
14-Mar |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
34 |
|
|
5 |
Gadwall |
u |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
9 |
|
|
6 |
Eurasian Wigeon |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
American Wigeon |
c |
18-Apr |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
35 |
|
|
8 |
Mallard |
c |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
11 |
|
|
9 |
Blue-winged Teal |
c |
19-May |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
36 |
|
|
10 |
Cinnamon Teal |
c |
26-Apr |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
37 |
|
|
11 |
Northern Shoveler |
c |
18-Apr |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
38 |
|
|
12 |
Northern Pintail |
u |
28-Feb |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
30 |
|
|
13 |
Green-winged Teal |
c |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
6 |
|
|
14 |
Canvasback |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
Redhead |
c |
28-Feb |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
31 |
|
|
16 |
Ring-necked Duck |
c |
18-Apr |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
39 |
|
|
17 |
Greater Scaup |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
Lesser Scaup |
c |
2-May |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
40 |
|
|
19 |
Harlequin Duck |
s |
22-Jul |
Marble Creek |
Fred & Melly Zeillemaker |
129 |
|
|
20 |
Surf Scoter |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
Long-tailed Duck |
r |
18-Apr |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
41 |
|
|
22 |
Bufflehead |
u |
21-Feb |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
23 |
|
|
23 |
Common Goldeneye |
c |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
10 |
|
|
24 |
Barrow's Goldeneye |
c |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
5 |
|
|
25 |
Hooded Merganser |
c |
27-Feb |
Kingston |
Lisa Hardy |
28 |
|
|
26 |
Common Merganser |
c |
3-Mar |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
42 |
|
|
27 |
Ruddy Duck |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29 |
Ruffed Grouse |
u |
8-Jun |
N Fk CdA River |
N Fk BBS |
|
43 |
|
30 |
Spruce Grouse |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
White-tailed Ptarmigan |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
Dusky Grouse |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
Wild Turkey |
c |
12-Feb |
Bear Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
44 |
|
|
34 |
California Quail |
s |
2-Jul |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
124 |
|
|
34.5 |
Northern Bobwhite |
intro |
20-Jun |
Enaville (ranch to west) |
Lisa Hardy |
122 |
|
|
35 |
Common Loon |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
Pied-billed Grebe |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
37 |
Horned Grebe |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
38 |
Eared Grebe |
s |
|
|
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|
|
39 |
Western Grebe |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
Clark's Grebe |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
41 |
American White Pelican |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
42 |
American Bittern |
r |
26-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
45 |
|
|
43 |
Great Blue Heron |
u |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
8 |
|
|
44 |
Snowy Egret |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
Turkey Vulture |
u |
18-Apr |
Kingston |
Lisa Hardy |
46 |
|
|
46 |
Osprey |
u |
26-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
47 |
|
|
47 |
Bald Eagle |
u |
28-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
4 |
|
|
48 |
Northern Harrier |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
49 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
Cooper's Hawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
Northern Goshawk |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
52 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
u |
1-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
48 |
|
|
53 |
Rough-legged Hawk |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
54 |
Golden Eagle |
r |
26-Feb |
L N Fk CdA Rvr |
Lisa Hardy |
25 |
|
|
55 |
American Kestrel |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
56 |
Merlin |
u |
2-Jul |
Avery BBS |
Kris Buchler |
125 |
|
|
57 |
Peregrine Falcon |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
58 |
Prairie Falcon |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
Virginia Rail |
s |
5-Jul |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
126 |
|
|
60 |
Sora |
u |
26-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
49 |
|
|
61 |
American Coot |
c |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
12 |
|
|
62 |
Semipalmated Plover |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
63 |
Killdeer |
c |
20-Mar |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
50 |
|
|
63.5 |
Black-necked Stilt |
# |
21-Jun |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
123 |
|
|
64 |
American Avocet |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
65 |
Greater Yellowlegs |
u |
25-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
51 |
|
|
66 |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
67 |
Solitary Sandpiper |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
68 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
c |
16-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
52 |
|
|
69 |
Upland Sandpiper |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
70 |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
Western Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
Least Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
73 |
Baird's Sandpiper |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
74 |
Wilson's Snipe |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
Wilson's Phalarope |
u |
3-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
53 |
|
|
76 |
Red-necked Phalarope |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
77 |
Bonaparte's Gull |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
78 |
Ring-billed Gull |
u |
31-Jan |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
7 |
|
|
79 |
California Gull |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
80 |
Black Tern |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
81 |
Ancient Murrelet |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
82 |
Rock Pigeon |
u |
4-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
54 |
|
|
83 |
Mourning Dove |
u |
5-Jun |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
55 |
|
|
84 |
Flammulated Owl |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
85 |
Western Screech-Owl |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
86 |
Great Horned Owl |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
Snowy Owl |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
88 |
Northern Hawk Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
89 |
Northern Pygmy-Owl |
u |
12-Feb |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
15 |
|
|
90 |
Barred Owl |
s |
3-Mar |
Bumblebee CG |
Lisa Hardy |
32 |
|
|
91 |
Great Gray Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
92 |
Short-eared Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
93 |
Boreal Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
94 |
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
95 |
Common Nighthawk |
u |
15-Jun |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
56 |
|
96 |
Common Poorwill |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
97 |
Black Swift |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
98 |
Vaux's Swift |
c |
9-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
57 |
|
99 |
Black-chinned Hummingbird |
c |
23-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
58 |
|
|
100 |
Anna's Hummingbird |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
101 |
Calliope Hummingbird |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
|
102 |
Broad-tailed Hummingbird |
# |
|
|
|
|
|
|
103 |
Rufous Hummingbird |
c |
8-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
59 |
|
|
104 |
Belted Kingfisher |
c |
27-Feb |
L N Fk CdA Rvr |
Lisa Hardy |
27 |
|
|
105 |
Lewis's Woodpecker |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
106 |
Williamson's Sapsucker |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
107 |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
c |
3-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
60 |
|
|
108 |
Downy Woodpecker |
c |
19-Apr |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
61 |
|
|
109 |
Hairy Woodpecker |
c |
|
|
|
|
|
|
110 |
American Three-toed Woodpecker |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
111 |
Black-backed Woodpecker |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
112 |
Northern Flicker |
c |
3-Mar |
L N Fk CdA Rvr |
Lisa Hardy |
62 |
|
|
113 |
Pileated Woodpecker |
u |
16-Jun |
Marble Creek BBS |
Lisa Hardy |
119 |
|
|
114 |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
u |
3-Jun |
Elk Creek 4000'+ elev. |
Lisa Hardy |
63 |
|
|
115 |
Western Wood-Pewee |
c |
24-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
64 |
|
|
116 |
Willow Flycatcher |
u |
5-Jun |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
65 |
|
|
117 |
Least Flycatcher |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
118 |
Hammond's Flycatcher |
c |
3-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
66 |
|
|
119 |
Dusky Flycatcher |
u |
14-Jun |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
67 |
|
|
120 |
Western Flycatcher |
c |
15-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
68 |
|
121 |
Eastern Kingbird |
s |
14-Jun |
Page swamp |
Lisa Hardy |
69 |
|
|
122 |
Northern Shrike |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
123 |
Cassin's Vireo |
c |
7-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
70 |
|
|
124 |
Warbling Vireo |
c |
17-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
71 |
|
125 |
Red-eyed Vireo |
u |
24-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
72 |
|
|
126 |
Gray Jay |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
127 |
Steller's Jay |
c |
10-Apr |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
73 |
|
|
128 |
Blue Jay |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
129 |
Clark's Nutcracker |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
130 |
Black-billed Magpie |
c |
12-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
16 |
|
|
131 |
American Crow |
c |
19-Mar |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
74 |
|
132 |
Common Raven |
c |
1-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
1 |
|
133 |
Horned Lark |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
134 |
Tree Swallow |
c |
12-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
75 |
|
|
135 |
Violet-green Swallow |
c |
4-Apr |
Kellogg |
Janet Callen, Jan Severtson |
y |
76 |
|
136 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
c |
19-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
77 |
|
|
137 |
Bank Swallow |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
138 |
Cliff Swallow |
c |
2-May |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
78 |
|
|
139 |
Barn Swallow |
c |
2-May |
Page ponds |
Lisa Hardy |
79 |
|
|
140 |
Black-capped Chickadee |
c |
12-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
13 |
|
|
141 |
Mountain Chickadee |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
142 |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
c |
12-Feb |
N Fk CdA River |
Lisa Hardy |
17 |
|
|
143 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
c |
25-Apr |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
80 |
|
|
144 |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
145 |
Brown Creeper |
u |
8-Jun |
N Fk CdA River |
N Fk BBS |
|
81 |
|
146 |
Rock Wren |
s |
20-Jun |
Bunker Hill smelter site |
Lisa Hardy |
120 |
|
|
147 |
Bewick's Wren |
s |
12-Apr |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
82 |
|
|
148 |
House Wren |
u |
24-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
83 |
|
|
149 |
Winter Wren |
c |
12-Feb |
Bear Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
14 |
|
|
150 |
Marsh Wren |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
151 |
American Dipper |
u |
31-Mar |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
84 |
|
|
152 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
c |
19-Feb |
L N Fk CdA Rvr |
Lisa Hardy |
22 |
|
|
153 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
c |
3-Jun |
Elk Creek 4000'+ elev. |
Lisa Hardy |
85 |
|
|
154 |
Western Bluebird |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
155 |
Mountain Bluebird |
u |
5-Apr |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
86 |
|
|
156 |
Townsend's Solitaire |
u |
14-Feb |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
20 |
|
157 |
Veery |
u |
9-Jun |
New Jersey mill |
Lisa Hardy |
87 |
|
|
158 |
Swainson's Thrush |
c |
29-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
88 |
|
|
159 |
Hermit Thrush |
u |
8-Jul |
Lone Lake |
CdA Audubon FT |
128 |
|
|
160 |
American Robin |
c |
27-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
3 |
|
161 |
Varied Thrush |
u |
3-Mar |
L N Fk CdA Rvr |
Lisa Hardy |
89 |
|
|
162 |
Gray Catbird |
u |
21-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
90 |
|
|
163 |
European Starling |
c |
14-Feb |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
19 |
|
|
164 |
American Pipit |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
165 |
Bohemian Waxwing |
u |
25-Jan |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
2 |
|
166 |
Cedar Waxwing |
u |
14-Feb |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
21 |
|
|
167 |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
u |
3-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
91 |
|
|
168 |
Nashville Warbler |
u |
7-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
92 |
|
|
169 |
Yellow Warbler |
c |
12-May |
Osburn |
Lisa Hardy |
93 |
|
|
170 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
c |
3-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
94 |
|
|
171 |
#NAME? |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
172 |
Townsend's Warbler |
c |
14-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
95 |
|
|
173 |
American Redstart |
u |
25-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
96 |
|
|
174 |
Northern Waterthrush |
u |
24-May |
Enaville |
Lisa Hardy |
97 |
|
|
175 |
MacGillivray's Warbler |
u |
19-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
98 |
|
|
176 |
Common Yellowthroat |
u |
25-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
99 |
|
|
177 |
Wilson's Warbler |
u |
25-May |
Big Creek |
Lisa Hardy |
100 |
|
|
178 |
Western Tanager |
c |
3-Jun |
Elk Creek 4000'+ elev. |
Lisa Hardy |
101 |
|
|
179 |
Spotted Towhee |
c |
2-Apr |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
102 |
|
180 |
American Tree Sparrow |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
181 |
Chipping Sparrow |
c |
17-May |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
103 |
|
182 |
Clay-colored Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
183 |
Vesper Sparrow |
h |
|
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
Lark Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
185 |
Savannah Sparrow |
u |
1-May |
Page |
Lisa Hardy |
104 |
|
|
186 |
Grasshopper Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
187 |
Fox Sparrow |
u |
16-Jun |
Merry Creek |
Marble Creek BBS |
105 |
|
|
188 |
Song Sparrow |
c |
3-Mar |
L N Fk CdA Rvr |
Lisa Hardy |
106 |
|
|
189 |
Lincoln's Sparrow |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
190 |
White-throated Sparrow |
s |
|
|
|
|
|
|
191 |
White-crowned Sparrow |
u |
8-Jul |
Lone Lake |
CdA Audubon FT |
127 |
|
|
192 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
c |
19-Mar |
Kellogg |
Lisa Hardy |
y |
107 |
|
193 |
Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored) |
u |
|
|
|
|
|
|
194 |
Snow Bunting |
r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
195 |
Black-headed Grosbeak |
c |
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